सहस
Chhattisgarhi
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Inherited from Old Awadhi सहस (sahasa), from Ardhamagadhi Prakrit सहस्स (sahassa), from Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra). Doublet of हजार (hajār).
Numeral
सहस (sahas)[1]
References
- ^ चंद्राकर, चंद्रकुमार [Chandrakar, Chandrakumar] (2012), “सहस”, in वृहत् छत्तीसगढ़ी शब्दकोश [vŕhat chattīsgaṛhī śabdakoś, Large Chhattisgarhi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Raipur, Chhattisgarh: छत्तीसगढ़ राज्य हिंदी ग्रंथ अकादमी [Chhattisgarh Hindi Granth Academy], →ISBN, page 852, column 2.
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sahásra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 768
Hindi
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Inherited from Middle Hindi سهس (shs /sahas/),[1] from Old Hindi सहस (sahasa), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra), from Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra). Doublet of सहस्र (sahasra) and हज़ार (hazār). Displaced by हज़ार (hazār).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /sə.ɦəs/, [sɛ.ɦɛs]
- Rhymes: -əs
Numeral
सहस • (sahas) (Urdu spelling سَہَس) (cardinal)
- (usually poetic or in compounds) thousand
References
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सहस-”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 998
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sahásra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 768
- “सहस”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Old Awadhi
Numeral
सहस (sahasa) (Perso-Arabic سَہَس) (cardinal number)
- Devanagari script form of 𑂮𑂯𑂮 (“thousand”)
- c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Hanumān Cālīsā:
- सहस बदन तुम्हरो जस गावैं ।
अस कहि श्रीपति कंठ लगावैं ॥- sahasa badana tumharo jasa gāvaiṃ.
asa kahi śrīpati kaṃṭha lagāvaiṃ. - /sahas badan tumharo jas gāva͠i .
as kahi śrīpati kaṇṭh lagāva͠i ./ - “A thousand mouths sing thy glories”: saying thus, Rāma embraced thee.
- sahasa badana tumharo jasa gāvaiṃ.
- सहस बदन तुम्हरो जस गावैं ।
Old Gujarati
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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit सहस्स (sahassa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra), from Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra).[1]
Numeral
सहस • (sahasa) n[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sahásra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 768: “OG. sahasa n.”